Benena Bernice Blount

Benena married Charles Emory Cooper on 11 Nov 1911 in Jasper County, Texas. Charles (son of James Amberson Cooper and Amelia Elizabeth Jacks) was born on 9 Mar 1887 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1951; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: James Thomas Blount
Death Date: 13 Oct 1941
Death Place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 77 years 6 months
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 13 Apr 1864
Birthplace: Jasper County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Frank Blount
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Name: Winifred Dubose
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Informant: Mrs. Frances Jones
Occupation: Farmer Retired
Place of Residence: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Cemetery: Mission Burial Park
Burial Place: Texas
Burial Date: 14 Oct 1941
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2138746
Digital Film Number: 4030528
Image Number: 2507
Reference Number: cn 44431
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 7
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 10A Stamped 116
166-166
Blount, J. T. Hd W M Apr 1862 38 M15 Tx Ga Ga Farmer
Blount, Victoria Wf W F Aug 1860 39 M 15 4/4 Tx Ga Ga
Blount, Fannie Dtr W F Jul 1887 12 S Tx SC Tx Farm Laborer
Blount, Bennena Dtr W F Mch 1889 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer
Blount, Sudie Dtr W F July 1891 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Blount, Clarence Son W M Jun 1895 5 S La Tx Tx
Blount, Winiford Mrs. Mother W F Jan 1825 75 Wd 4/2 Ga SC NC

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3, (Pineland was written, and then lined through)
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 133 Sheet 16B
310-315
Blount, Thomas J Hd M W 48 Wd Tx Ga Ala Teamster Odd Jobs
Blount, Fannie Dtr F W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Teaching Public School
Blount, Bernina Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Tx None
Blount, Clarence Son M W 14 S La Tx Tx None
Kelly, Edward Son-in-law m W 21 Wd Tx Tx Tx Carpenter House

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 2
Enumerated 19 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 169 Sheet 11B
84-220-220
Blount, J. Thomas Head M W 56 M Tx Tx Tx Carpenter House
Blount, Hollie Wf F W 44 M Ala Ala Ala (Second wife)
Blount, Rubin Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Ala
Blount, Roscoe Son m W 3 9/12 S Tx Tx Ala
Blount, Reba Dtr F W 1 6/12 S Tx Tx Ala
Wilson, Emma StepDtr F W 14 S Tx SC Ala

James married Queen Victoria Ashmore on 11 Sep 1885 in Sabine County, Texas. Queen (daughter of Spencer Ashmore and Elizabeth Clark) was born on 12 Aug 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jan 1910 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown by some as the son of William and Hannah Ashmore, both of whom died prior to 1850 in Nacogdoches County.He has a military marker on his gravesite, Cpl Co B IBN CAV Texas State Trps. His tombstone is also inscribed 1814-1876, but the date of death must be in error, as he was listed on the 1880 Sabine County, Texas Census.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 13 Nov 1850
234-234
Spencer Ashmore 35 M Farmer $2000 South Carolina
Elizabeth Ashmore 21 F Texas
Rebecca F. Ashmore 4 F Texas
Elizabeth J. Ashmore 9/12 F Texas

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sandy Beat, Post Office Fairmount
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 411
294-294
Spencer Ashmore 44 M Farmer $2300 $695 SC
Elizabeth Ashmore 30 F Tx
Rebecca F Ashmore 14 F Tx
Elizabeth J Ashmore 11 F Tx
Hannah C Ashmore 8 F Tx
Sarah C Ashmore 6 F Tx
Mary E Ashmore 4 F Tx
James S Ashmore 2 M Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No. 2, Post Office Sabine Town
Enumerated 1 Aug 1870
Page No. 21, Stamped 17
474-474
Ashmore, Spencer 54 M W farmer $1000 $600 South Carolina
Ashmore, Rebecca 23 F W Keeping House Tx
Ashmore, Elizabeth J 18 F W Tx
Ashmore, Hannah C 17 F W Tx
Ashmore, Sarah C 16 F W Tx
Ashmore, Mary E 13 F W Tx
Ashmore, James 12 M W Tx
Ashmore, Victoria 10 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sub-Div 84, JP No 1
Enumerated 12 July 1880
Page 30 B SD 1 ED 84
273-284
Ashmore, Spencer W M 60 Miss
Ashmore, Marie W F 22 Dtr Tx
Ashmore, Spencer W M 17 Son Tx

Spencer married Elizabeth Clark about 1845 in Sabine County, Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of William Clark and Elizabeth Isaacs) was born about 1830 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico; died about 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Clark-Dickey Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears she died sometime after the birth of her youngest daughter, Queen Victoria, in 1860 but before the 1870 census.

Notes:

One of his descendants, Elaine Wells, emailed in November 2012 that "I have visited the Dickey-Clark Cemetery in Sabine County Texas. I do not personally have a photo of the headstone for William Clark, but there is a photo on Ancestry.Com which shows the exact date of birth as May 1, 1790. Date of death July 4, 1856. It also showed that William Clark served as a Pvt. in the Mississippi Militia in the war of 1812. I was present at the ceremony when the Historical Marker was dedicated. " In January 2020, Elaine emailed "I have submitted my DNA to Ancestry and it shows my DNA directly related to William Clark. It shows his father was William Barnett Clark, born 09Oct1966 in Orange Co., Virginia, died in 1835 in Amite Co., MS. His wife was Frances Ragsdale. Born 1764 in Lunenburg Co., VA. His father was John James Clark, born 19Fe1741 in Clark's Mountain, Orange Co., VA and died 28Oct1831 in Bedfore, Orange Co., VA. Ancestry shows his wife was Mary Towles, but there was no other information about her. It shows that I have shared DNA with all those listed, except Mary Towles."

When John William Clark of Oklahoma City published his 1971 book, SOME DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CLARK OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS he was conducting research to prove a theory that William Clark born about 1790 in South Carolina was related to or descended from Elijah Clark, father of John Clark, Governor of Georgia 1819-1823. He wrote in the preface to his book that "Several clues have pointed the way to research this angle as follows: Elijah Clark went from South Carolina to Georgia in early days following the Revolutionary War as a General. His son John became Governor of Georgia. John's sons went to Miss., such as Elijah, Gibson, Etc. One of John's grandsons became a political figure in Texas. A William Barnett Clark was granted a Georgia passport by the governor, signed by the Solictor General Elijah Clark to proceed across the western country to Miss. in search of land. Our William names a son William Barnett in later years after he was in Sabine Co., Texas."

The author, also noted that there were three William Clarks in Sabine County, Texas at the same time, "however our William Clark was the only one that remained there until he died."

He listed the following facts about our William Clark in the preface of his book:
a) Born ca 1790 in South Carolina
b) Fought in the War of 1812
c) he was married in Mississippi, Amite County, to Elizabeth Isaacs 16 Mar 1812 and again to Mahala Graham ca 1836 in Sabine County
d) Received a land grant from the Mexican Government in Zavalla's Colony in June 1835
d) has a total of about 21 children by two wives, many of these descendants still living in East Texas
f) the only one of the three William Clarks living in Sabine county before 1850 that remained in that county and died there
g) the only land owned by William Clark south of Hemphill, TX was land bought by William and not granted to him as original owner
h)All paper of William Clark were signed by an "X" and witnessed by someone else
i) William was listed on the census records of Sabine County in 1835 and 1850, and second wife Mahala was listed in 1860, 1870 and 1880. This and the wills indicate he died prior to 1860.

The author also stated that other two William Clark's who were associated with Sabine County were:

---William F Clark (William Fain Clark). This William F. Clark received a land grant from the Mexican Government south of Hemphill on the Sandy Creek. This was later conveyed to Joseph Sullivan, and he evidently moved away since he is not shown in subsequent census records. Obediah S. Smith bought this land later and lived on it for years.


---William Clark Jr., a political leader in the Sabine District, born in either Va, Ga, or N.C. on 14 April 1798, and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and a representative from the Sabine and Nacogdoches District who married Martha Wall. They were the parents of Margaret, Francis, Sarah Jane and William, and this family moved from Hemphill to Nacogdoches County prior to 1860. There he ran a hotel and land business, and on the 1870 census of Nacogdoches, he can be found with his daughter, Sara Jane GRIFFITH, the wife of Dr. L. E. GRIFFITH, who one practiced medicine in Hemphill. William Clark Jr died 3 Jun 1871 in Nacogdoches and has a monument erected in his honor in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacogdoches.

On page 1 of his book, John Clark writes that "The first record found of him (William) shows him as a private in Captain John Lowry's Company of Militia, Mississippi Territory Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Col. George H. Nixon. He served in the war from 19 October 1813 to 28 Feb 1814. he was given travel pay to travel 300 miles from Tom Bigby River or Camp in northeastern Mississippi to Amite County, Miss."

White and Toole, in SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS wrote of William:

"He served in the War of 1812, from Mississippi, and married Elizabeth Isaacs of Amite County, Mississippi March 16, 1812. They moved to Coahuila, Texas long before the days of the Republic and received a land grant from Lorenzo de Zavala on the waters of the Palo Gacho consisting of one league. His wife died in childbirth in the Run-away-scrape in 1836. According to legend, while William Clark's ox wagon was stuck in the mud at Sandy Creek, and he was trying to extricate it, he met his second wife, Mahala Graham. They were married in 1837, and settled on Big Sandy, and with the children of his first wife there were 21 children." SABINE COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS

On April 16, 2009, Dr. Gary Clark (drgclarke@msn.com) emailed that "There is a record of probated wills of Edgefield County, Vol. II, p. 98. David Clark and wife Amy willed their plantation to their children: William, Sarah, Edward, David, James and Mary; May 3, 1813. He requested that they all live on the plantation, if possible.

The list of children in this list is limited to six. I would like to know should anyone else determine that David and Amy are William's parents. Another volume on Edgefield County references William purchased property there in April,1783; and David served on a petite jury in 1788."

Land Grant recorded in the General Land Office in Austin as JAV11, Title Jul 2, 1835, Book 22, p. 653. Signed by George Antonio Nixon, Comisionad

Joel Clark emailed, in November 2012, that "Someone posted info about a census in Amite county Mississippi that suggested that this William Clark (my 4th great grandfather) was a Junior. They mentioned 2 separate households and 1 William Clark was married to an Elizabeth. This would lend thought to William Clark's dad being William Clark Senior."

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 28 and 29 Apr 1850
135-135
William Clark 61 M Farmer 1000 SC
Mahala Clark 38 F Ky
Nelson Clark 17 M Tx
Mariah Clark 12 F Tx
Andrew Clark 10 M Tx
Harison Clark 9 M Tx
Margaret Clark 7 F Tx
William Clark 4 m Tx
136-136
Powell and Sarah Fullen (born SC and Va, with dtr born in KY)
137-137
Elijah Clark 37 M Farmer 600 Miss
Jane Clark 28 F SC
Louis Clark 11 M Tx
Elias Clark 7 M Tx
Paschal Clark 5 M Tx
John Clark 4 M Tx

William married Elizabeth Isaacs on 16 Mar 1812 in Amite County, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of Elijah Isaacks and Esther Donaho) was born on 9 Aug 1798 in South Carolina; died about 1836 in Coahuila and Texas, Republic of Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the daughter of Elijah Isaacs and H. Esther Donoho. Could her age of 36 on the 1835 Sabine County census be in error? She would have been 13 at the time of her marriage, and 14 when Elijah was born.